The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2079
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
12:45 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.37° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.00° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.